The Carolina Population Center Family Planning Administrator Training Game

R. Scott Moreland, Kong Chu, Edward Jacobson and Thomas H. Naylor
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R. Scott Moreland: Carolina Population Center Systems Analysis Program, Durham, North Carolina
Kong Chu: Carolina Population Center Systems Analysis Program, Durham, North Carolina
Edward Jacobson: Carolina Population Center Systems Analysis Program, Durham, North Carolina
Thomas H. Naylor: Carolina Population Center Systems Analysis Program, Durham, North Carolina

Management Science, 1972, vol. 18, issue 12, B635-B644

Abstract: This role-playing game for family planning administrators is a technique for the learning of effective planning and rational allocation of economic resources of population control programs. Through the use of electronic data processing, the game provides valuable experience in the sort of decision making that public health officials seldom encounter before going into the field. The game simulates an environment in which the family planning administrator' must make his allocation decisions and from which he receives feedback in the form of demographic results. The game may be made to react to simulate a particular country if the game leader has access to the relevant data, thus providing preparation for decisions in the field.

Date: 1972
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